La Danse de
Cleves

This is an irregular basse danse,
appearing in the Brussels Manuscript. It is a very unusual basse
danse in that there are parts of the dance that do not simply go
forwards (unlike every other basse danse except the basse danse
mineur). There are also several possible reconstructions floating
about, mostly due to the fact that part of the dance notation is
missing from the manuscript. It is, however, fairly interesting
and this is one of my favourites.

Part A

Rv Br SS DDD SS D (retreating)

Part B

The man does two singles forwards and
a double backwards while the lady turns in place, as follows: